Mike Hall wrote:
> Tyler Zesiger wrote:
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>>My beef is with *nix people who think user-friendliness is a bad thing -
>>A threat to their way of thinking. It's utter nonsense.
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> You're right, of course. However, I'd suggest you take the time to read
> "The Art of UNIX Programming" by Eric S. Raymond, which helps explain
> why things are the way they are. Not to defend the status quo, but to see
> the history and choices made along the way, to see the alternatives which
> didn't last.
>
> For example, some OSes have a very long-winded command line,
> and thus never developed the utility of UNIX's shell.
I think Unix is my OS of choice for this very reason. I do most
everything I need through the command line.